Sam Duckworth: Last News

Music Radar, artists and musicians are playing roughly 11 shows on average on the grassroots circuit in 2024 versus the 22 that used to be done in 1994. The statistics come from industry stakeholders, promoters and artists alike.The situation has been described as a “spiralling crisis” for all aside from the biggest artists and promoters by Sam Duckworth – the Noughties singer songwriter Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – who works for the Music Venue Trust.Duckworth also spoke at the Beyond The Music conference in Manchester last week and shared: “My first major tour was 54 dates.

Kate Nash has spoken to NME about her ‘Butts For Tour Buses’ campaign, the online row with The Lottery Winners – and why things need to change for artists now to avoid “collapse”.Nash recently made headlines when she launched her ‘Butts for Tour Buses’ campaign, which saw her join OnlyFans to protest the music industry and help raise money for her UK and European tour.The singer-songwriter and GLOW actor then took her “bum on the back of a fire truck” protest to the London offices of Live Nation and Spotify as well as the Houses of Parliament to highlight the challenges facing artists arguing: “The industry is in crisis, the music industry has failed artists, and is completely unsustainable, and my arse is shining a light on that.”This comes as the UK government recently backed the call for a ticket levy on arena gigs and above to feed the grassroots, with small venues in a perilous situation and artists struggling more than ever to make ends meet with the odds stacked against them. A deadline has since been set for March for the music industry to react in a meaningful way to the levy, before the government will be forced to step in and act.

One of the country’s biggest music conferences and festivals will be returning to Manchester for the second year in a row next week.

NME recently supported the Featured Artist Coalition’s 2023 End of Year Party and AGM at Walthamstow’s Signature Brew in London. Following on from 2021 and 2022, NME returned to support the event as well as chairing an artist-led ‘Year in Music’ panel discussion featuring Murray Matravers of the band formerly known as Easy Life, Sam Duckworth of Get Cape.

A former student at a Rochdale college which is rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted has shared how his studying experience made his mental health struggles worse and may have caused him to miss out on top grades.

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